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The GOAT of racing games, few are as exhilarating as this beast right here

Would probably be the best ps2 era burnout if single events were an option and if the ai had less bullshitty rubberbanding

Didn't feel as memorable as Burnout 3 to me. The amount of bloom and other post processing effects in the 360 version is distracting and screams early 7th gen.

For me this race series is the most fun of all racing games I really love burnout and this was one of my favorites

You can bounce cars around like pinballs, what's not to love?


car crash sim go brr, bit too much emphasis on the minigames over the main course

Burnout is on the wavelength of cars that I am where they go haha vroom vroom crash and it makes that as fun as possible.

i wish i could hear this soundtrack over modern racing games

The concept of paradise has never convinced me, it is supposed to be THE perfect place but from what i want in life, that "paradise" should be a constant change of experiences, ideal places for ideal situations, but im sure i can pick flaws and never enjoy them to the fullest if i expect perfection.

Or maybe, paradise is a place that works exactly like you imagine, but that place cannot be real since there are always variables that you didnt account for, maybe paradise is a state, a sensation that you want to live, a perfect glorification of whatever with no damaging consequences.

https://youtu.be/4D4FfMOfayg

I had concerns about a possible Burnout fatigue when I picked up this game, but it still worked wonderfully. Probably the best episode of the series on this generation, it is the core concept refined to the extreme. The racing? Does not matter so much compared to the domination inflicted on the opponents by just wrecking them in the most spectacular crashes.

The best of the original series.

This is a fourteen-year-old’s fever dream after glimpsing a poster for fast & furious: no characters, real cars, stakes, narrative, just a visceral piss-colour-graded world tour that could only have emerged from a series building upon itself in isolation without any real-world reference: an automotive dream-world, an underworld to Forza’s sunny utopia.

I yearn for a timeline where Burnout wasn’t abandoned, and for tracks full of character to remain at the core of the arcade racer experience. Despite tech advancements, even Paradise didn’t quite capture the off-kilter energy of Criterion’s peak of Takedown and Revenge.

from my ps2 days. i love this one from the bottom of my heart. gameplay and ESPECIALLY ost will be forever stuck with me.

played till my hands hurt.

The only great Burnout game imo.

while it may not have quite the same feel as burnout 3 (although few games do tbf) revenge is still a brilliantly fun racer. everything just feels a little less satisfying, though. i dont know how you make takedowns, one of the funnest mechanics in videogame history, so unsatisfying to get but this game finds a way. i think it might have the best crash mode of the bunch. adds some bells and whistles to progression such as ratings that are just not very fun to deal with. the sense of speed is still fantastic, though. also i clipped through the floor a few times which was very frustrating.

Amazing soundtrack and so much fun

It's been compared to Burnout 3: Takedown, but I think Revenge has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor

i hardly remember this game but its tied with rocket league

great sense of speed
great crashes this is one for the BOIIIIS

More Burnout since 3, better tracks, more carnage. So good.

Possibly one of the best from the franchise (Sorry Burnout 3 fans). Especially the 360 version that gives me this huge sense of speed. There are races, roadrage, crashbreaker, crash missions, it's just so much fun... even someone that doesn't play racing games will love it!

as a person who is extremely bad at racing games as i lack the precision required, discovering a game where you are rewarded for crashing was life-changing

sadly i lost my original copy and every physical copy i've managed to get my hands on since has been corrupted somehow


ignoring all the racing shit and just watching the wrecks and the crashes

this is where racing games peaked

Primeiro jogo fechado no ano. Em 2023 pretendo fechar os Burnout's que ainda não joguei. Decidi começar por esse pois alguns inscritos o elogiaram muito num certo vídeo que fiz. Bom jogo para sua época, envelheceu muito bem visualmente, os controles são rápidos e as batidas divertidíssimas de serem feitas. Me surpreendi pela variedade de cenários e o modo Eliminator. Tem tudo que um Burnout precisa ter, mas ainda prefiro o Takedown.

The simple joys of blowing up oil tankers with a range of vehicles.

The racing mode was pretty fun as well.

(Yes, this is identical to my review of Burnout 3: Takedown.)